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stake·out

(stāk′out′)

Surveillance of an area, building, or person, especially by the police.

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stakeout

(ˈsteɪkaʊt)

1. (Law) a police surveillance of an area, house, or criminal suspect

2. (Law) an area or house kept under such surveillance

(Law) (tr, adverb) to keep under surveillance

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

stake•out

(ˈsteɪkˌaʊt)

n.

the surveillance of a location or a suspect by the police, as to intercept a wanted person.

[1940–45]

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Noun

stakeout - surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)

surveillance - close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

Translations

stakeout

[ˈsteɪkaʊt] N → operación f de vigilancia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stakeout

[ˈsteɪkaʊt] n → surveillance f
to be on a stakeout → effectuer une surveillance

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stakeout

n → Überwachung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stakeout

[ˈsteɪkaʊt] n (esp Am) (Police) → sorveglianza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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